4 Couples Share How They Knew They'd Met The One

Ron & Sari, married in Los Angeles in 2008

Ron and Sari met online and a few weeks into dating, they realized they had relatives in common. (Ron notes, “I know that sounds gross, but thankfully it was just through marriage…but we get the joke that we’re kissing cousins.”) They’ve now been together for a decade and have two children.

Both Sari and Ron agree with the statement, “When you know, you know," though they admit that they knew the other person was right for them at different times.

Ron said, “We both connected on our first date, but neither of us left that first date saying, ‘That's the person I'm going to marry.’ We were excited to see each other again, but were both in the middle of dating other people, because that's just how online dating goes... .”

Sari said she knew she felt a deeper connection after her third date at a Lakers game with Ron, when they sat and talked. According to Sari, it felt different to be with Ron because she felt so comfortable, “Like I had known him my entire life.”

Ron said, “For me, it was a bit later because I'm a dumb man. After our one-year anniversary, we got into an argument because Sari was frustrated that we'd never discussed our future together. I said I like to wait until I’ve dated someone at least a year until discussing a future because relationships change after a year. She shot back that relationships change after one year, two years, five years, 10 years—it’s not the fact that they change, it’s how we change together. That’s when I knew,“ he admitted.

Ron continued, “(The discussion) forced me to consider my life without her and the thought of life without her scared me. My favorite quote from When Harry Met Sally popped into my head, so as soon as I realized I wanted to be with her for the rest of my life, I wanted the rest of my life to start as soon as possible. Soon after, I proposed.”

For both, this relationship felt different from the rest.

Ron said, “It felt different for me to be with her in that I genuinely could laugh with Sari. Also, she was a very direct communicator, which, while horribly uncomfortable at first because I was immature at the time, turned out to be a blessing because most girls I'd dated were horrible communicators. Being able to communicate our way through issues quickly was pretty amazing.”

Mitch & Alejandra, married in Montreal in 2012

Mitch and Alejandra met on a dating site around the time that each of them decided to de-activate their accounts. As Alejandra said, “We almost missed each other.”

Their first date, which was supposed to be a simple Saturday afternoon meeting over ice cream in the park, lasted 10 hours because they kept talking and extending the date to include dinner, drinks, and a late-night stoop chat about everything, including personal things like their families and future goals.